Lauren Boebert Accidentally Makes Great Argument For Providing Free Birth Control

During a discussion in the House this week, Republican Representative accidentally made a compelling case for providing free birth control to Americans. Boebert told the story of how she went to the pharmacy to get her birth control but couldn't afford it, so then she ended up having another child. Too bad this life experience didn't influence her voting record, as AOC pointed out that Boebert still voted against providing birth control to American women. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

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This week, Lauren Boebert accidentally made a wonderful case of why birth control should be provided to American citizens free of charge. And I'm not just talking about her existence as proof that we need birth control access for everybody. No, but here's what Boebert said During a house hearing, she said, I left a prescription at a pharmacy once I went to get birth control. I was there at the counter, went to pay for it, and the price was very, very high. I said, wow, is this a three six month prescription? They said, no, ma'am, this is one month. I said, it's cheaper to have a kid. And I left it there, and now I have my third son, Caden Boebert. And so it actually turned out to be a really great thing.

So you're admitting that birth control, just like many other prescriptions here in the United States, is in fact cost prohibitive. And let's be real here. It's actually not cheaper to have a kid. I mean, I know, I think you had one of your kids in your car. Um, so I, I do imagine, I guess that would be cheaper, um, than having a child in a hospital. Sh sure. Um, I, I certainly don't recommend that. I mean, don't have your kids in cars if you can prevent it. Uh, you know, and don't ever take health advice from Lauren Boebert, but you're making a great point here. You had that third kid because you couldn't afford birth control. You're admitting that if you had birth control, that kid would not exist. And even though you say it's a great thing, I gotta imagine that Mr. Little Caden Boebert there is listening to that being like, Jesus Christ mom.

Seriously? Like if you had a couple extra dollars in your pocket, I wouldn't be here right now. Why are you telling people this, I'm sorry. I got you that great Mother's Day present because you kind of suck. But again, we need not just access, we need low cost or free birth control for American citizens. And that is the point that Lauren Bobert made, even though, again, I don't think she was trying to make that point, but it is the point that she made. Now, AOC was actually very quick to point this out because last year, uh, Bobert and the rest of the house, g O p, actually voted against the right to contraception act, which would've enshrined the right to contraception in federal law. So AOC pointed out, and then she voted against the right to contraception so she could double this problem and give it to the next person, which is exactly what's happening here. But it's not just contraception. Even though that medication obviously is something that can prevent long-term costs, it can prevent abortion. By the way, we need to have this readily available contraception for both women and men. By the way, we need to let people have access to these things without having to pay a fortune

For it. Personally, I think they should have access to it without having to pay for it. And Bobert, at one point in her life, clearly wishes she would've gotten it for free as well. But that's the thing with these Republicans, they'll tell you these sob stories like, oh, I was so poor I couldn't even do this. And then they turn right around and say, well, since I suffered, all the other poor people in this country have to suffer.